Process Optimization
Emerson’s ‘Project Beyond’ to modernize and seamlessly integrate the industrial automation technology stack
Global industrial technology leader Emerson is pioneering a new software-defined enterprise operations platform – dubbed Project Beyond – that will fundamentally change today’s approach to industrial automation.
Neste starts SAF production at its Rotterdam refinery
A major Technip Energies project has come to fruition with the start of production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by Neste at its modified refinery in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
hte and Heraeus Precious Metals collaborate on catalytic ammonia cracking
hte and precious metals specialist Heraeus Precious Metals signed a R&D service agreement. The main focus of this collaboration is the screening of different materials for catalytic ammonia cracking in order to obtain hydrogen.
Nuberg EPC, EDL sign technical collaboration agreement across several industries
Nuberg EPC and EDL Anlagenbau Gesellschaft mbH (a Pörner Group Company) have signed a Technical Collaboration Agreement to explore engineering and sustainable development opportunities across industries including fuel oil refineries, petrochemical industries, green hydrogen derivatives and sustainable process technologies to accelerate technological excellence and environmental responsibility.
Mitsui Chemicals studying use of ethanol to make petrochemicals
Mitsui Chemicals is studying the use of ethanol as a feedstock in its naphtha crackers to improve competitiveness amid oversupply in the global petrochemical sector
Lotte Chemical to start operating Indonesia cracker in H2 2025
The new cracker which has the capacity to produce 1 MMtpy of ethylene is part of a $3.95 billion project at Cilegon, in Indonesia's Banten province.
hte, Mitsubishi Chemical partner to screen MMA oxidation catalysts
hte signed a contract with Mitsubishi Chemical to provide research services for the screening of MMA oxidation catalysts. The research project included an accelerated aging study, with the aim to qualify a catalyst with extended lifetime properties for the commercial operations.
U.S. EPA to rule on backlog of small refinery biofuel exemption requests
There are 161 applications for exemptions from the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard pending. The EPA's decision will have significant implications for the multi-billion-dollar credit market that underpins the biofuel program.
Carbon Clean announces successful test of CycloneCC C1 technology at commercial scale
Carbon Clean has announced today the successful factory testing of the world’s largest Rotating Packed Bed (RPB) of this size for carbon capture.
- Petrobras selects Honeywell's ethanol-to-jet technology for large-scale SAF plant 4/14
- Technip Energies awarded two FEED contracts by SOGARA for refinery complex in Gabon 4/14
- SUBLIME Energie inaugurates world's first system capable of liquefying biogas into a renewable fuel 4/14
- Petrobras in talks with Mubadala to buy back Mataripe refinery 4/14
- bp's new CEO to simplify company structure into upstream, downstream units 4/14
- Vitol to invest $130 MM to boost South African storage capacity in Durban 4/14
